NASA News   RELEASE 25-040 JUNE 25, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA to Welcome Fourth Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station   The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 4 crew launches atop the Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA As part of NASA’s efforts to expand access to space, four private astronauts are in orbit following the successful launch of the fourth all p ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-062 JUNE 24, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 4 Launch, Arrival at Station   The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 3 crew is pictured approaching the International Space Station on Jan. 20, 2024. Credit: NASA NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 2:31 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 25, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Stati ...Continue Reading

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York, Utah NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-061 June 18, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York, Utah   NASA astronauts (left to right) Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, pose for a portrait together aboard the International Space Station. Moments earlier, Ayers finished trimming McClain's hair using an electric razor with a suction hose ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 25-041 JUNE 17, 2025 MISSIONS NASA, German Aerospace Center to Expand Artemis Campaign Cooperation   Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro and Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, chair, Executive Board, DLR (German Aerospace Center, or Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt), signed an agreement June 16, 2025, to continue a partnership on space medicine research. With this agreement, DLR will provide new radiation sensors aboard the Orion spacecraft ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C25-013 JUNE 05, 2025 TECHNOLOGY NASA Awards Third Crowdsourcing Contract Iteration   Credit: NASA NASA continues to collaborate with global communities to solve complex challenges through crowdsourcing with a series of 25 new NASA Open Innovation Service (NOIS) contracts managed by the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.   The contract aims to empower NASA’s workforce by actively engaging the public ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-059 JUNE 4, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 4 Launch, Arrival at Station NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 8:22 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 10, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4.   The mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew will travel to the orbiting laboratory on a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launchin ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C25-011 MAY 23, 2025 MISSIONS NASA Awards Project Support Bridge Contract   Credit: NASA NASA has awarded a bridge contract to ASRC Federal System Solutions LLC of Beltsville, Maryland, to provide financial support and project planning and control services to the agency.   The Program Analysis and Control Bridge Contract has a total potential value up to $98 million with a 13-month period of performance be ...Continue Reading

NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Washington State NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-058 May 22, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Washington State    NASA astronaut Anne McClain points a camera at herself and takes a “space-selfie” during a May 1, 2025, spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut and Spokane, W ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-057 MAY 20, 2025 MISSIONS NASA Sets Coverage for 32nd SpaceX Resupply Mission Departure   The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, on NASA’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services mission, is pictured docked to the space-facing port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module on March 23, 2024. Credit: NASA NASA and its international partners will soon receive scientific research samples and hardware after a Spac ...Continue Reading

NASA, International Astronauts Address Students from New York, Ohio NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-056 May 16, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA, International Astronauts Address Students from New York, Ohio    Astronaut Anne McClain is pictured on May 1, 2025, near one of the International Space Station's main solar arrays. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration A ...Continue Reading